Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
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Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson

— H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
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